Top: Henry Pollan and Ela Sokolowska invited the entire Chilkat Valley to their wedding celebration on Saturday, July 20, in Haines. Middle row: Collette Costa, Taylor Vidic, Salissa Thole, and Shona Strauser performed with High Costa Living from Juneau while dancers cut a rug for hours as the sun set.

Passengers headed down Haines’ cruise ship dock toward a waiting Holland America cruise ship on July 24, 2024, in Haines. About 150 people, primarily cruise…

Rashah McChesney is a multimedia journalist and editor who has reported and edited newsrooms from the Deep South to the Midwest to Alaska. For the past decade, she has worked in collaborative news as the...